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of the finer species of manufactures; and the thin po- 
pulation of the country, renders it necefsary for 
one man often to exercise several occupations. 
You ingsire next, ‘*‘ Whether our public debt has 
been yet proportioned among the States? or bee’ 
means devised for paying it?” 
It is not yet yet perfectly proportioned ; but eve- 
ry State is now paying what it supposes iiself able 
to raise by taxes and imposts, relying on the United 
States to give it credit for the payments it fhall 
have made ; and to apportion its fhare of the general 
debt with equity, as soon as Congrefs fhall have de-— 
termined, whether that apportionment fhall be made 
according to the number of inhabitants in each, or 
according to the value of their landed property. It 
is a question will probably be decided without dif- 
sension*, 
You inquire, ‘* Are your people aware of the 
ruinous consequences of an increasing funded debt ? 
are they disposed to guard against the improper con- 
sequences of an unlimited paper currency in private ~ 
hands ?” 
I believe they are, in part at least, aware of both 
evils ; and if we fhall not soon be exposed to a new . 
war, I have no doubt we fhall avoid them with re- 
gard to our present debt, and our present banks. 
“* Are your people sensible of the necefsity of 
' concord for their preservation? or are ‘any of them 
disposed’ to hazard’ the interest of the public, im ad. 
herence to their own private opinions ?” 
* This object has been since effected, with many others hinted at 
in this paper as in contemplation. Edit. 
